Ezekiel 30:13-23

13 'Thus says the Lord God: "I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in No.

15 I will pour My fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of No,

16 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily.

17 The young men of Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity.

18 At Tehaphnehes the day shall also be darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity.

19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ' "

20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

21 "Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword.

22 Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand.

23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries.

Ezekiel 30:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 30

This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy against Egypt, both against the country and the king of it. It is introduced with expressions of lamentation, because of the destruction coming on, Eze 30:1-3, and not only Egypt, and the cities thereof, should be destroyed, but all her friends, associates, and allies; the Ethiopians, Lydians, Lybians, and others, Eze 30:4-9. Nebuchadnezzar and his army were to be the instruments of her ruin, Eze 30:10-12, particular cities are mentioned by name, which should suffer much, and become desolate, Eze 30:13-19 and then Pharaoh king of Egypt himself is threatened with broken arms, and his people to be scattered among the nations, Eze 30:20-23, and the king of Babylon is again mentioned, whose arms should be strengthened to do all this, Eze 30:24-26.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, ancient Memphis
• [b]. That is, ancient Thebes
• [c]. That is, ancient Pelusium
• [d]. That is, ancient On (Heliopolis)
• [e]. Spelled Tahpanhes in Jeremiah 43:7 and elsewhere
• [f]. Following many Hebrew manuscripts, Bomberg, Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate; Masoretic Text reads refrained.